Consequence of Sound made a good article today about the matter , specifically targetting these two bands. Personally, Brand New was running away with my #1 spot this year by a mile before the allegations but now it's all down the garbage can, along with the merch I collected through the years. A y...

I note that there's not been one single mention for Brand New (one of the best reviewed albums of the year) so far in these lists as a result of what came out about Jesse Lacey's past. Understandable I guess though possibly a bit hypocritical from a music press who aren't about to delete the likes ...

I note that there's not been one single mention for Brand New (one of the best reviewed albums of the year) so far in these lists as a result of what came out about Jesse Lacey's past. Understandable I guess though possibly a bit hypocritical from a music press who aren't about to delete the likes o...

January albums (I know RTJ were Christmas 2016 officially, but the physical release at least was January) always seem to suffer from being overlooked on end of year lists to some degree, unless they're a total phenomenon like Merriweather Post Pavilion. I think RTJ are another example of that.

Yeah, it always feels like 'whoa, early lists!', but I imagine these websites were doing their lists at this point last year. And pretty much all the lists are out by mid-December anyway, so there's only a three week window left!

I'm surprised Anderson .Paak ranked so high in the end, often albums that come out in January get forgotten about to some extent come the end of the year, unless they're a phenomenon like Blackstar and Merriweather Post Pavilion. Interesting to see it buck the trend.

I find it funny that Q and other generally mainstream or pop-oriented publications systematically put Blackstar on top or near the top of their EOY lists. It would almost make everyone forget that it's a very experimental music body of work by pop music standards. Of course, it's a relatively safe ...

Most of those acts you mention are ones from decades past (and it's not like Kraftwerk were unknown prior to the late 90s!), is there really that much history of them championing contemporary acts from outside of the English-speaking world and sticking them in end of year lists? Especially once you ...

The Avalanches completely shut out :( They win the prize for highest score of the year to not get in the top 50! Other BNM albums/EPs that didn't make the list: G.L.O.S.S. (EP) Anna Meredith White Lung Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith/Suzanne Ciani (though the former made it with their own album) dvsn Sheer Ma...